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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.14.2010 - 5:58 pm
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Track closed after the 1969 season although the property has been
abandoned and unused since so much of the track remains. Part of the
track was used as a private helicopter landing pad for a stint but since
then some of the track surface may have been washed out in a 2008 flood.

There has been some talk of reopening it but this is considered unlikely
due to environmental concerns. The track is near Washington D.C., an
area not known for a love of motorsports of any kind.

A maroon-colored paint option on the Corvette in the late 60s and early
70s was named after this track.


  2.   petty43 posted:
  10.01.2010 - 9:19 pm
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marlboro maroon what a great color that was, always wondered why they
used that name. thanks X


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.27.2018 - 12:28 pm
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This facility was mainly a road course but also featured a paved oval
(where the NASCAR race was run), a dirt oval, and karting facilites. The
road course featured some long straights that were a little closer
together than most liked with safety concerns like that helping doom
this track. Its most iconic event was likely the 12 Hours of Marlboro
touring car endurance race, the last running of which in 1966 counted as
a SCCA Trans-Am race.


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